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Armored Multi-Purpose Vehiclelarger figure on 0 of 3
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| Specification | Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle | Namer |
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| Type | Tracked armoured fighting vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| Used by | United States Army[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
| Manufacturer | BAE Systems Inc.[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler) |
(commander, driver, RCWS operator) + 9 troops
Single source3 (commander, driver, RCWS operator) + 9 troops[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Developed from | M2 Bradley[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | US$2.51 million in 2020[source] | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | Since 2018[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | Ordered by the US Army: 29 prototypes 551 in LRIP (low-rate initial production) Planned for the US Army: 2,907[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Variants | M1283 general purpose ( APC ) M1284 medical evacuation vehicle (790 planned) M1285 medical treatment vehicle (216 planned) M1286 mission command (993 planned) M1287 mortar carrier vehicle (386 planned)[source] | — |
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| Transmission | Renk HMPT 800[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 0.40 m (16 in)[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Wars | — | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designer | — | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Armor | — | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | — | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Helical spring[source] |
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